filed in its basic jussi to save lawyers those are the words of president trump c.m.l. just a freeze on funding for the u.n. agency. today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death trump says the roughly $400000000.00 in annual donations will now be reappropriated though he refused to serve america's relationship with the w.h.o. entirely we will continue to engage with the w.h.o. to see if it can make meaningful reforms for the time being we will redirect global health and directly work with other

jussie smollett's malicious prosecution lawsuit thrown out by federal judge, the former director suingcago and several police officers claiming the case caused him humiliation and distress after the city sued him to compensate for the overtime involved in his investigation. last year he said he was victim of a hate crime. the charges were dropped by prosecutor kim fox with lex the nation. is currently facing charges for allegedly lying to police about the incident. >> major league baseball handing down punishments of the boston red sox, the leader@stealing scandal, league officials suspending a replay room official who works for the team, the red sox losing traffic as well. in january they fired the manager who is linked to the scandal while he was a bench coach for the houston astros, houston received a much stiffer penalty, the team was find in the general manager and manager were both find. >> tens of millions of americans are out of a job due to the pandemic and alexandria ocasio cortez says they should refuse to return to work once the economy reopens. listen to this. >> we had a

it could affect thousands of people a federal judge in chicago has dismissed jussie smollett's lawsuiallegingalicious prosecution. the actor sued the city after being charged with falsely reporting a racist and homophobic beating. the judge ruled smollett cannot bring his claim until proceedings against him have ended.ca and, ameeighth-graders' test scores in u.s. history and geography have declined. the latest assessment, from 2018, shows a drop from four years earlier.on 15% of students were proficient in u.s. history, and only 2 geography. scores could worsen further as the pandemic disrupte crrent school year. still to come on the newshour: hearing from americans who have lost tir jobs amid social distancing. when to reopen?wr mayors face ching decision. what will the job mark look like once covid-19 has faded away? the pandemic abroad-- how the european union is coping with the crisis. and much more. >> woodruff: the economic toll keeps accumulating to levelsrn unseen in moimes. we are going to fos on that extensively and the tes over what suld be done to ease the pain.e we begin with ories of p